The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
1:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3101
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.78° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.72° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.